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Summer Science, British Style
Jef Akst and Richard P. Grant | Jul 8, 2011 | 7 min read
The Royal Society's annual science extravaganza packs some interesting stuff into 5 days of love and research.
Behavior Brief
Jef Akst | Jan 4, 2012 | 5 min read
A roundup of recent discoveries in behavior research
How Interconnected Is Life in the Ocean?
Catherine Offord | Nov 1, 2019 | 10+ min read
To help create better conservation and management plans, researchers are measuring how marine organisms move between habitats and populations.
More Than Skin Deep
Anna Azvolinsky | May 1, 2016 | 9 min read
Elaine Fuchs has worked on adult stem cells since before they were so named, figuring out how multipotent epidermal cells renew or turn into skin or hair follicles.
An Ocean of Viruses
Joshua S. Weitz and Steven W. Wilhelm | Jul 1, 2013 | 10+ min read
Viruses abound in the world’s oceans, yet researchers are only beginning to understand how they affect life and chemistry from the water’s surface to the sea floor.
GROWING TECHNOLOGY IN WINSTON-SALEM
Bill Dean | Apr 1, 2007 | 4 min read
By Bill DeanGROWING TECHNOLOGY IN WINSTON-SALEMPeople make up the materials for building a research community. Bill Dean is director of the Piedmont Triad Research Park.JASON VARNEY | VARNEYPHOTO.COM The attraction of employment, higher income, capital investment, and continued economic growth to raise the standards of living drive communities to build a competitive advantage. Communities around the world are building, or rebuilding, to the new-knowled
The Network Within
Melissa Lee Philips | Jul 1, 2006 | 7 min read
Ilya Shmulevich brings creative computation to deciphering gene regulation
Genetic Parasites and a Whole Lot More
Barry Palevitz | Oct 15, 2000 | 10+ min read
Photo: Ori Fragman, Hebrew University Hordeum spontaneum, the plant studied for BARE-1 retroelements. With genome sequences arriving almost as regularly as the morning paper, the public's attention is focused on genes--new genes to protect crops against pests; rogue genes that make bacteria resistant to antibiotics; faulty genes that, if fixed, could cure diseases such as muscular dystrophy. What many people don't realize is that genes account for only part of an organism's DNA, and in many c
Articles Alert
Simon Silver | Jul 8, 1990 | 7 min read
The Scientist has asked a group of experts to comment periodically upon recent articles that they have found noteworthy. Their selections, presented herein every issue, are neither endorsements of content nor the result of systematic searching. Rather, the list represents personal choices of articles the columnists believe the scientific community as a whole may also find interesting. Reprints of any articles cited here may be ordered through The Genuine Article, 3501 Market St., Philadelphia,
John Maddox Offers Surprising Insights Into His
Bernard Dixon | Jun 12, 1988 | 8 min read
In 1955, a puckish, 30-year-old Weishman resigned as lecturer in theoretical physics at the University of Manchester to become science correspondent of the Manchester Guardian. Unwittingly, the energetically eclectic John Maddox thus took his first step toward the editorial chair of Nature, which he has occupied with distinction on two occasions—between 1966 and 1973, and from 1980 until the present. A robust defender of what he calls “the scientific enterprise,” Maddox has

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